Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-13
A NOBLE CRANK.
seventh Earl Of Shaftes-
bury, HIsLife and
Work.
The Cotton Horrors Of Manchester
Boys Roasted In chimnsys-Denun-
citation Of the House Of Lords
Amusing AResd0tss-

take Account OF iia bsDe factOfsi fsN VIII
be accorded q worthieE plaoa 10 the bic
rarshy Of great beings than be Of uhoD
vs write. Bors Of an order IN little
sympathy With the wants Of the Ioviy.
the late Earl Of Shaftssbury vas living
contradiction "a its traditions aud In bis
day did probably more good than any
single commsner Of the nineteenth cen
tury, " We excepl the honsred names Of
Peabody and wilberferce. From the
Of bis long career tall its
close, be eosssived himself 10 be
PoasEssKD or NIsIos
which had for iGs object the sneiiors-
sion Of human suffering, wherever and
under whatever Ruise be found it.
Aristoorss a. the Earl vas, every inoh
OF him, and never unconscious Of bis
rank, there we're few meu nearer whose
ewes the tears lay or whose hearts we're
more open to be WrubR ~ the psDRs Of
sympathy with Others woes. All
thought OF his own ease and comfort
was rssoIntely flung 20 the winds and be
devoted bis life and his powers 10 toe
needs Of suffering humanity with q
urodfQaIity Whish has never been s1r
passed. BY day and by sight "tke
wailinR Of the world sorrow haunted
him; the cry Of the children TunR
oeaselessly in his eArs," and nothing
would do him bat that he must become
the ehamrion OF the III used and unpr0-
tected--A role that having once assumed
be never put on till the hour o. bis
death. No doubt mu' b of the Earle
sympathy With the suffering vas due 10
part TO bis own
UNHAPPY BoYHooD.
No patsFnal sOlieitude, no sweet
mothers isve ever fell 90 bis lot. While
ct the school he went 10, be vas bullied
and III used till bis life seemed a bell 10
him. The only friend OF his childhood
vas q faithful old housekeeper, whs left
him her gold watch, which be invaTia-
bly, wore. and showed With the remark
that IL was given him by the best friend
be ever had. After leaving DothebOy' q
Hall, the subject Of this notice vent 10
fashionable Harrow and from thsre 10
Oxford, where be took q FIRST class In
classics In 1872. Four years afterwards
as Lord Ashley,
HH ENTERED PARLIAMENT
In the interests Of Woodstock. a pocket
borough, which was placed at his dis
posal by some friend Of the family, Oh
his Parliamentary history IL Is not the
purpose OF this paper ~ take any notice
except to note in passing that Lord
Ashley occupied many positions under
the government; Was several times q
Royal Commissioner, aud 10 1866, a.
Earl Of Shatlesbury. WAS offered seat
IN the Cabinet OF Lord Derby.
Himself rather homely looking man,
be married in 1890 the beautiful and
virtuous Lady Emily Cowper. step
daughter Of the future Lord Palmer
atSn.
This mach by way Of biography. We
now propose 10 give brief account Of
the Verks Of (hs EsFl's life, which have
made the name OF ShAftesbury In Eng.
land q household word. Ia the early
decades OF the century
A SYSTEM or WHITE SLAVERY
Existed in the cotton manufacturing
districts OF England, almost as revolt
ing a. any which existed In the South.
cru States. Little children Of five years
old and upwards we're bought or kid
mapped by gangs of professional child
jobbers, who secured the whole oogntTY
for hands for the unsuitable cotton
mills. DAY and night the iron wheels
Of the unresting machinery, dFoned and
buried With mad3ehing iteration and
amidst the unceasing din, IN an atmJ-
phere pOlluted by stencil and thick With
the choking flew Of the cotton. myrlads
Of these tender little victims we're forced
Co labor, under the lash u hard hearted
employers, tlll nature gave way or death
brought q nieEoiful release" Ii was
whea this state Of things had cone 20
its worst that the GOTTEN operatives of
Lancashire waited on the Earl and i'm
plsred hin 10 fight their battle on the
floor OF the II luse OF Commons. He
consented, IS might have been expected
OF him. and then was begun the conf ct
Of tue ten hours bill. which b ID for as
object the limiting 10 ten hours Of the
work Of women and children 10 factories.
Will Il be credited that u took fourteen
years to finally pass this measured And
u IL safe 10 say that no one bat Lord
ShAftesbary could have got u through
the House in double that time. In 1870
he took up
THK CAUSE on rHg INFANT cHIMSEI
swEEEps
who we're still being driven naked up
foal hges where they were exposed 10
be suarohed, roasted alive, or st,tie3. aud
waeRce they often eaBs down With
bruised and excoFiAted bodies 90 pass
the hours q rest on the SCOT heap, With
only q few sacks 10 cover tAetf poor
shiverlng limits. Successful here, he
moved for an inquiry iht9 the employ
ment of vemen and children in COL
lieries and mines, the eject % which was
90 reveal such an nusns pcctgd mass Of
cruelty, misery and depfAvity that the
country stood sehast, and the bill in
tEsaaced olssin9 subteFranoan workings
90 women aud children Vas borne for
ward on spsh tide Of ppblic oplnian that
u was made a las In q single session
Writing towaTds the Gloss 81 bis long
life, be mentions as having dew ted
seventeen years OF Ito Efforts cannecte +,
with tke reform Of the Lunaoy law
which we're successful in modifying
many OF the most III attng abuses c1n-
nsotod With it. Ia 1850, on the death Of
his father, be entered
uN HOUSE OF LORDS.
but 10 q man ot his warm tsmpara
mour the atmosphere - the lded
chamber was most uuMhing. la his
aplepetie moods he called the august "a
semhlv statue gallery, \ aoEmitoTy, a
Nova Lsmbla. a vast aquarium fall Of
cold hiOoded life" aud complained that
philanthropy cOmblned With gearaec
reduces a man 30 the lowest poIat"
In 1899, the interchangeable Earl cot
psssed bill for tHe inspection and
registration - lodging hcnses Shich %
waited many Of The evils oi ovrfcrow
inC, etc, and which So pleased the late
Charles Dickens that be described the
act as the best ever passed ty al Fns
hsh Legislature" lss wears afterwards
be brought IN a measure Ter eompen.
sating the poor wha we're turned cut Of
their homes nv improvement CON
panies.' which became law.
IN rHE coUEsE % his toNa IIFE.
lHe Was born, by she w. N the drs,
spring ~ the crntury. ard died 10 the
eighty atth fail 20 iJl Lord SKATES
bury was connected Witb scores % move
merits Connected wita sanitation. vac.
olnation, work bou-e aUd prison reform
etc, Constant drains WeFr ever bcius
made Ia his psrse 10; a deep oBe for i
noblsmau, and @ il said D. urveF ~,
knowu 81 SAY 90 90 Al appeal fNF money